In 1996, Mandi Koba walked into the Phoenix Police Department and described an inappropriate sexual relationship she said she had with then-Phoenix Suns guard Kevin Johnson. After years of Johnson's denials regarding the allegations, Dave McKenna of Deadspin acquired the police video in which Koba offers her account of events.
Kerri Asbury, chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County, told Ryan Lillis of the Sacramento Bee she believes Johnson should resign from his position as mayor.
"At a minimum, I think he needs to not seek re-election," Asbury said, per Lillis. "I feel the integrity of the mayor's office has been broken."
"It's unfortunate that stories like this continue to come forward," Johnson said, per Lillis. "When I ran for mayor [in 2008], I knew these were all going to be a part of fair play. Politics is a game that throws out dirty things along the way, and you've got to take hits on the chin."
But Johnson backers have begun distancing themselves from him. ESPN has indefinitely del ...
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Kevin Johnson Faces Pressure to Resign as Mayor Amid Allegations of Molestation
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